RELEASE CALENDAR — January 2024

Metal and hard rock CDs released in January 2024. The calendar is grouped by Japanese street date, so a title whose import edition reached shops in another month is still listed here — each card states both dates. Every album links to its track list, music videos and CD details.

21 releases / updated

Here We AreFIFTH NOTEJP edition: AmazonHere We Are is the debut album by Fifth Note, a melodic rock band out of Nagaland in north-east India.…
MedusaRUSSELL - GUNSAmazonMedusa is the first album by Russell - Guns, the project pairing Jack Russell of Great White with Tracii Guns of L.A. Guns. Johnny Martin plays bass,…
Expedition OneMETALITEJP edition: AmazonExpedition One is the fourth album by Metalite, the melodic metal band from Sweden, and their first in three years.…
Second to NoneGRANDAmazonSecond to None is the second album by Grand, the Swedish band that began when Mattias Olofsson, a singer with a long career behind him,…
GotusGOTUSJP edition: AmazonGotus is the self-titled debut by Gotus, a Swiss hard rock band that began when Mandy Meyer -- guitarist of Gotthard and Unisonic -- and Patrick Aeby,…
The Fifth DimensionRISE TO FALLJP edition: AmazonThe Fifth Dimension is the fifth album by Rise to Fall, a melodic death metal band from the Basque Country in northern Spain.…
Omen XTURMION KÄTILÖTJP edition: AmazonThis is the Japan tour pressing of Omen X, the tenth album by Turmion Kätilöt, the Finnish disco metal band.…
Slaughter on First AvenueUNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATSJP edition: AmazonSlaughter on First Avenue is the first live album by Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats: two discs from the First Avenue concert its title names,…
SunholySHADE EMPIREJP edition: AmazonSunholy is the album Shade Empire, the Finnish symphonic black metal band, made six years after Poetry of the Ill-Minded,…
Peace Till DeathV.A.JP edition: AmazonPeace Till Death is a two-disc compilation in which Peaceville gathers its own death metal roster. Disc one is eight tracks by four bands -- Autopsy,…

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